#B4BE3B#B4BE3B

#B4BE3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.151 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BE3B
RGB	rgb(180, 190, 59)
HSL	hsl(65, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(65, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 68.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.09, -19.90, 61.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.09, 64.82, 107.88°)
OKLab	oklab(76.98% -0.0605 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(76.98% 0.151 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.0263, 46.8467, 11.1760)
Luminance	0.4685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BE3B #453BBE

analogous

#BE873B #B4BE3B #73BE3B

triadic

#B4BE3B #3BB4BE #BE3BB4

tetradic

#B4BE3B #3BBE87 #453BBE #BE3B73

square

#B4BE3B #3BBE87 #453BBE #BE3B73

split-complementary

#B4BE3B #3B73BE #873BBE

monochromatic

#5C611E #888F2C #B4BE3B #C8D067 #D9DE95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#B4BE3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#B4BE3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BE3B

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BE3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BE3B	1.00	2.03	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4be3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 190, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.151 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced179',
    500: '#b4be3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4be3b;
$custom-light: #ced179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4be3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.58,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76981,
    "c": 0.15059,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BE3B

secondary

#908BCA

accent

#4CDC57

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BE3B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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